ALASKA TRENDS.

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ALASKA TRENDS Latest Report Units Period Period GENERAL Personal Income -- Alaska Millions of $ 2nd Q99 16,200.00 Personal Income -- United States Billions of $ (SAAR) 2nd Q99 7,492.84 Consumer Prices -- Anchorage 1982-1984 = 100 1H99 148.6 Consumer Prices -- United States 1982-1984 = 100 1H99 165.4 Bankruptcies Alaska Total Number Filed Oct 145 Alaska Business Only Number Filed Oct 15 Anchorage Total Number Filed Oct 119 Anchorage Business Only Number Filed Oct 14 Fairbanks Total Number Filed Oct 26 Fairbanks Business Only Number Filed Oct 1 EMPLOYMENT Alaska Thousands Oct 299.49 Anchorage Thousands Oct 137.18 Fairbanks Thousands Oct 40.81 Southeast Thousands Oct 37.14 Gulf Coast Thousands Oct 30.12 Sectoral Distribution -- Alaska Total Nonagricultural-Wage & Salary Thousands Sept 289.20 Goods-producing Thousands Sept 41.80 Mining Thousands Sept 9.00 Oil & Gas Extraction Thousands Sept 7.40 Construction Thousands Sept 16.40 Manufacturing Thousands Sept 16.40 Durable Goods Thousands Sept 3.00 Lumber & Wood Products Thousands Sept 1.80 Nondurable Goods Thousands Sept 13.40 Seafood Processing Thousands Sept 10.70 Service-producing Thousands Sept 247.40 Transportation Thousands Sept 28.30 Trucking & Warehousing Thousands Sept 3.10 Water Transportation Thousands Sept 2.30 Air Transportation Thousands Sept 9.70 Communications Thousands Sept 5.30 Electric, Gas & Sanitary Thousands Sept 2.60 Trade Thousands Sept 60.30 Wholesale Thousands Sept 9.30 Retail Thousands Sept 51.00 General Merchandise Thousands Sept 9.80 Food Stores Thousands Sept 7.30 Eating & Drinking Thousands Sept 18.00 Finance, Insurance & Real Estate Thousands Sept 12.90 Services & Misc. Thousands Sept 72.70 Hotels & Lodging Thousands Sept 8.40 Business Services Thousands Sept 9.00 Health Services Thousands Sept 15.40 Legal Services Thousands Sept 1.60 Social Services Thousands Sept 7.80 Engineering & Mngmt. Services Thousands Sept 8.10 Government Thousands Sept 73.20 Federal Thousands Sept 17.30 State Thousands Sept 21.70 Local Thousands Sept 34.20 Labor Force Alaska Thousands Oct 316.72 Anchorage Thousands Oct 142.96 Fairbanks Thousands Oct 42.98 Southeast Thousands Oct 39.22 Gulf Coast Thousands Oct 33.03 Previous Report Period Year Ago Year Over (revised) Period Year Change GENERAL Personal Income -- Alaska 16,172.00 15,698.00 3.20% Personal Income -- United States 7,400.24 7,070.63 5.97% Consumer Prices -- Anchorage 147.0 146.7 1.30% Consumer Prices -- United States 163.7...